Are You Backing Everything Up?

We hear the common refrain among DBAs all the time. Back up your data! Test your restores! If you can’t restore the backup, it’s worthless. And yes, absolutely, you...

Restoring a database that doesn't exist

When restoring a database that doesn't exist, say for instance when a client sends a database to you, you can't...

Restoring a database that doesn’t exist

When restoring a database that doesn’t exist, say for instance when a client sends a database to you, you can’t...

A Tale of SQL Server Disk Space Trials and Tribulations

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System: 5.5GB of RAM, Windows 2008 R2, vmware, 4 cores, SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition. The database currently has the...

Using PowerShell to Export SQL Data to CSV. How well does it perform?

So here we are at week 4 of the #SQLNewBlogger challenge. Earlier in the week I responded to the following...

Windows Temporary Profile

Amongst IT related problems one that can fill this most ardent optimist with dread is when logging into your pc...

Use PsPing When Working in Azure IaaS

Recently I’ve been learning more about how Azure functions and how it can help my customers. One of the best...

Moving SQL Server data between filegroups – Part 2 – The implementation

In this post we are going to show the implementation of a PowerShell script using SMO to move data between filegroups on SQL Server. This article is the second of our...

Moving SQL Server data between filegroups – Part 2 – The implementation

In this post we are going to show the implementation of a PowerShell script using SMO to move data between filegroups...

Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 52 (“What’s new for Columnstore XE in SQL Server 2014 SP1”)

Continuation from the previous 51 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
Microsoft has launched Service Pack 1 for...